Lighting

Over half of small and medium-sized enterprises struggle to recruit talent and two in five have issues retaining employees, according to new research from Signify, formerly Philips Lighting. The findings show that employers are potentially missing a trick as over half of the employees surveyed said they’d be in favor of their company investing in connected tech, specifically smart lighting, ahead of other improvements.

Interact Pro, the latest addition to its Interact IoT-ready portfolio, has been announced by Signify. It’s the first multi-tasking, smart lighting system and software developed for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and is Signify’s latest step to extend its growth and leadership in connected lighting systems, software and services.

  The new low glare, three-in-one LEDVANCE Downlight Comfort luminaires from LEDVANCE offer energy efficient, easy to fit lighting for offices, foyers, workshops, corridors and stairwells. They are now available from wholesalers ready for the new lighting season.

  The launch of Alexander Joseph's range of cordless, custom-made UK luxury lamps aims to bring products with aesthetic appeal to discerning home owners, hotels, restaurants, boat builders and retailers.

A hands-on workshop featuring Bluetooth controls and Dynamic Beam Shaping will be presented by LensVector and Casambi at the upcoming darc room conference and exhibition, which takes place during the London Design Festival. Participants in the workshop will be able to set up a scene, alter the light levels, adjust the colour temperatures and change the beam distribution – all from their mobile device.

At Trends in Lighting 2018, EnOcean will showcase maintenance-free wireless solutions for modern lighting systems and the Internet of Things (IoT). At booth U14, visitors can experience self-powered wireless switches and sensors for maintenance-free sensor solutions for modern lighting and IoT based on open standards. Offering these maintenance-free, ready-to-use solutions, EnOcean’s OEM customers are able to focus on the quickly evolving LED market opportunities.

MKS Instruments has announced the Ophir FluxGage FG1500, the newest member of the FluxGage family of compact measurement systems for LED luminaires. The FG1500 features an aperture size of 144 x 64cm, allowing for photometric measurement of large-size street and industrial luminaires, LED flat panels, and troffer lights. Photometric measurements include total luminous flux (up to 80,000lm), spectrum and colour parameters (CCT, CRI, TM-30), and flicker.

LEDVANCE smart High Bay DALI luminaires provide direct energy savings of up to 90% compared with conventional high bay luminaires. Unlike mercury vapour and metal halide lamps, they are dimmable and switch on and off instantly, allowing further energy savings to be realised through daylight and occupancy-dependent operation. The integral DALI-2 interface allows the LEDVANCE High Bay luminaires to be readily connected to popular presence and light level sensors.

The introduction of the new Philips GreenPower LED toplighting high output with a light efficacy up to 3.0µmol/J and an output of 800µmol/s, has been announced by Signify. The new module will help greenhouse growers improve the growth of vegetables, fruits, flowers and other crops that require a lot of light. 

Qorvo and LEEDARSON have partnered to create a family of smart home lighting products that operate concurrently with Zigbee 3.0 and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 protocols – offering compatibility with the most popular IoT standards. The first of these solutions is a new LEEDARSON smart light bulb and light switch that integrates Qorvo’s QPG6095 system-on-chip (SoC), a multi-protocol/multi-channel smart home communications controller for ultra-low-power wireless applications.